Miami, Florida – August 5, 2008 –

Steve Wood of Thomas D. Wood and Company, along with Jared Repka of Bison Financial Group, secured financing in the amount of $1,160,000 for the acquisition of Family Dollar in Largo, Florida.  The loan was financed through a regional banking institution at a permanent fixed rate of 6.0%.  The loan term is five years with a 25-year amortization, and a loan-to-value of 72.57%.  The 10,070 square-foot single-tenant retail building was refurnished for the tenant in 2007.  Family Dollar is located at 2862 Roosevelt Boulevard, Largo, Florida.

Thomas D. Wood and Company is an independently owned, leading commercial mortgage banking firm in the southeast.  Thomas D. Wood and Company has correspondent relationships with fourteen major life insurance companies, in addition to Wall Street, and is a member of Strategic Alliance Mortgage (SAM).  SAM is a unique company consisting of twenty regional commercial mortgage banking firms that share real-time market information.  Thomas D. Wood and Company’s servicing portfolio is approaching $1 billion, and consists of long-term mortgages on a variety of commercial properties.  These properties include: Retail, Industrial,      Office, Senior Housing Communities, Self-storage, Apartments, Warehouses, Hotels and Mobile Home Parks.  Thomas D. Wood and Company’s corporate office is located at 95 Merrick Way, Suite 360, Coral Gables, Florida 33134, with branch offices located at 1700 South MacDill Avenue, Suite 240 A, Tampa,  Florida 33629, 1215 Louisiana Avenue, Suite 100,  Winter Park, Florida 32789, and 6802 Honeysuckle Trail, Lakewood Ranch, Florida 34202.  The website may be accessed through www.tdwood.com.

Steve Wood            (305) 447-7820       swood@tdwood.com

Jessica Gurtowski    (407) 937-0470       jgurtowski@tdwood.com

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